Nature in art to be discussed at Tisbury lecture

Paul JonesAugust 2, 20260 Comment0

HOW nature presents a subject elsewhere will be the topic of an art talk in Tisbury next month.

On September 10, art historian Sara Radice will be at the tithe barn, at Messums West, to give a talk entitled Landscape, Man & Memory.

“Landscape paintings can take many forms, from pragmatic topographical records of ownership, or ideal recreations of a classical golden age of nymphs and shepherds, to Paradise itself,” a spokesperson said.

“In this lecture, Sara will be looking at another type of landscape, one which depicts a specific place, but the essential subject lies elsewhere, somewhere beyond or beneath it.

“These works examine humans’ encounters with Nature and their interventions with the wild, both physically and spiritually.”

Artists set to be discussed reflect TS Eliot’s idea that “all time is eternally present”, they said.

“In their landscapes and sculptures, traces of earlier forms survive like palimpsests: whether it is hints of the unknown gods of our ancient ancestors, or the rock formations created through violence and pressure – ice, water, and fire – or fossils, fragments of bones, and human activity that emerge as our coastlines crumble,” the spokesperson went on.

For more details and to buy tickets – priced at £15 for adults and £8 for children over 10 – visit www.messums.org/performance-page.